Region: Serbia

Slovenia’s state electricity producer says it has won €58 million in interest in a final award against the owner of a coal-fired power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina – clearing the way for a related ICSID case to resume.

07 November 2023

UPDATED WITH AWARD: An ICSID tribunal has rejected a Bulgarian company’s €35 million claim against Serbia over the alleged expropriation of an underwater coal mine.

20 September 2023

A Canadian family has won compensation in an ICSID claim against Serbia over the expropriation of a dairy farm by Serbia's privatisation agency.

30 June 2023

A pair of companies have applied to annul an ICSID award that rejected its €300 million treaty claim against Serbia, as an Emirati company and its US CEO also seek to revive an unrelated US$326 million claim against Armenia at the centre.

05 June 2023

A Turkish transport technology company has reportedly threatened to bring a treaty claim against Serbia over a cancelled contract to provide electronic ticketing services for Belgrade’s public transport system.

21 March 2023

A split ICSID tribunal has declined to hear a €300 million claim against Serbia over a shopping centre development, finding it was an abuse of process.

01 February 2023

UPDATED WITH CAST LIST: Croatia says it has defeated a €230 million claim brought by a Canadian real estate investor who sought to invoke a treaty on issues of state succession – as the state gears up for a new arbitration with Hungarian oil and gas group MOL.

17 November 2022

Claimants apparently linked to a Canadian family of private equity investors have brought a treaty claim against Serbia over a real estate project – bringing the number of pending ICSID proceedings involving the Balkan state to seven.

01 June 2022

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has said he expects Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto will seek international arbitration if his government goes ahead with plans to cancel a multibillion-dollar lithium exploration project that has sparked nationwide protests.

14 January 2022

An outdoor advertiser had launched an ICSID claim against Serbia alleging its concession was breached when a rival was also granted permission to operate billboards in Belgrade.

18 March 2021